11/19/1909
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"I believe you will be made a State."
"I am delighted to meet you."
"I thank you for the cordiality of your reception."
"Now, that is the spirit I have found everywhere, and I am proud to be an American, and to know that such a spirit is actuating our people, because its continuance assures the greatness of our country ..."